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10 Compelling Product Video Examples

Product videos may attract additional shoppers, encourage sharing, and increase sales for online retailers. So it is little wonder that so many leading retailers are using product videos now.

Relying on data aggregated from several sources, SundaySky, a video-platform provider, reported that 48 of the top 50 online retailers used some form of product video in 2012. In contrast, only 16 of those retailers were using product videos in 2011, according to SundaySky. This fact dovetails well with other online video trends.

In 2012, more than half of the total U.S. population and around 71 percent of Internet users watched an online video, according to estimates from HubSpot, an inbound marketing software firm.

Knowing just how successful product videos are for a particular retailer is difficult, since not even public companies are required to report conversion rates or results from their marketing campaigns. However, we can look at those retailers and consider how they are using video. What follows is a list of ten respected online retailers that are using product videos right now.

Home Depot has demonstration videos on many of its product pages. These videos are often custom made for Home Depot, featuring Home Depot employees. The videos do an exceptional job of describing the products’ benefits.

Membership retailer Costco uses product videos as part of the descriptions for some of the products on its site. As with many retailers, Costco tends to have videos for more expensive or more complex products, like HD televisions.

Overstock shows product videos in a few different ways. Some are links just below the product image. Others are tabs above the image. In either case, Overstock tends to use videos to explain new or potentially unfamiliar products.

Some of Overstock’s product videos are used to describe somewhat unfamiliar products like this robot vacuum.